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Teacher Burn OutBy: Allison Tryon
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What is Teacher Burn Out?
An intense feeling of stress
A lack of motivation
Physical & emotional exhaustion The result of having too much
The result of prolonged stress compiled
with a lack of success, or feeling ofsuccess
Lost of meaning in profession
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How Does Burn-Out Effect
Teachers? Prevents teachers from effectively coping with
their job stresses, and responsibility.
Prevents teachers from coping with stresses intheir personal life.
Teachers often feel dissatisfied with their job.They will also feel dissatisfied with the work theyare doing.
Teachers may lose confidence both
professionally and personally when experiencingburn-out.
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How Cont
Most often teachers will first experience feelingsof irritability followed by feelings related to earlydepression.
Teachers will find themselves snapping and
doing or saying things that are out of character. When burn-out manifests itself through
depression teachers will find their emotionsbecome more sedate.
Socialization with other adults will become lessappealing.
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Causes of Burn-Out
Too many expectations.
Not enough resources to do job efficiently.
Lack of student interest
Rowdy classlack of control. Conflicts with colleagues, administration and
parents.
Conflict with School Board
Lack of job satisfaction and recognition.
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Causes cont
Isolation from other adults.
Ambiguity in role as a teacher.
Too many expectations: Extra-curricular
Lunch duties, extra supervision
Curriculum changes Boredom and lack of change.
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Effect on Students
Teachers experiencing burn-out have a lackof ambition which often leads to studentshaving a lack of ambition and motivation.
Teachers may be resentful of their job and
of their students. Teachers often will not put the same
amount of effort into lessons whenexperiencing burn-out.
Teachers may have subdued emotionswhich do not allow them to have a closerelationship and open up with students. Students often are better learner when they can see
the teacher as a person, or when they can share ajoke or a story.
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Identifying Teacher Burn-Out
Look for:
Sadness
Emotional and Physical fatigue
Irritability
Feelings of failure
Withdrawal from friends and family
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Burn-Out in Men and Women
The effects can sometimes differ in male andfemale teachers.
Women often experience depression, headache
and role conflict. Women tend to burn-outbecause of lack of support socially and personallife stress compiled with job stress.
Men often experience depersonalization: the
feeling of being detached from oneself.
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Who is the Global Teacher?
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Treatment & Prevention
Find a support group
Make friends with colleagues so that you can vent,and talk about problems in the classroom.
Within your group of colleagues compliment eachother and make and effort to keep up each othersspirits.
Realise your limitations
Dont try to play the hero
Make time for yourself outside of school
Know when to quit
Administration should make an effort to prevent
burn-out by working closely with staff and settinggoals. They should assure that the lines ofcommunication are open.
Administration and teachers should work withschool boards to lower class sizes and create thebest policies possible.
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Summary
Burn out is the intense feeling of stress, physical andemotional exhaustion.
It is often caused by having to meet to manyexpectations and by not being able to complete
everything one would like all at once. It can manifest as depersonalization and depression.
Irritability is also a symptom.
Teachers feel overwhelmed and often lack selfconfidence.
Teachers must take steps to prevent burn-out throughouttheir career.
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Still Interested?
Some supportive websites to
check out:
www.teachers.net
www.education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/
ttmpg.html
www.teachersnetwork.org
www.teachersupport.info/
http://www.teachers.net/http://www.education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/ttmpg.htmlhttp://www.education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/ttmpg.htmlhttp://www.teachersnetwork.org/http://www.teachersupport.info/http://www.teachersupport.info/http://www.teachersnetwork.org/http://www.education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/ttmpg.htmlhttp://www.education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/ttmpg.htmlhttp://www.teachers.net/8/11/2019 12. Teacher Burn Out
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ANY QUESTIONS?
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THE END
THANK
YOU!The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually
fearing that you will make one.
~Elbert Hubbard